Chopped!

So after having KZ I started to feel a little restless with my hair. When I put my diaper bag on my shoulder my hair would get caught under the strap. Everyday I would just throw it up and later get a headache from how heavy it was. So I decided to chop it. I chopped my long hair off almost 6 years ago when I first got married and hated it. This time has been completely different.

Having shorter hair feels natural and so much better. It takes half the time to fix (even if it still takes 20 minutes, my hair is thick, okay!) and it gets fixed everyday. I don't have the stress headaches from my hair.

The only disadvantages are it's not quite as versatile but I'm finding new hairstyles to enjoy.

Here is the picture I brought into the stylist. 

Have you done anything courageous lately?

Hair Take Over: Day Four- Braids and All The Rest

Have you caught the rest of our series on hairstyles? If not, start here and go from the beginning! Enjoy!

Braids:

4. French: You can do this in pig tails or one braid. You can start in the front or the back of the head. This technique is used in many hairstyles. Section the hair off in three equal sections. Braid one time. As you continue take small sections that are even and parallel to the braid and incorporate them over the section you have on the left and right each time you braid.

5. Inside Out: This braid is the same as a French braid only when you are braiding you bring the extra hair under each time you incorporate the hair.

 

6. Fish Tail: Divide the hair into 2 parts. Take small pieces from the back of the two larger sections, cross to the other section and incorporate. Repeat on opposite sides until get to end of the hair.

Other:

18.French Twist: Gather all of the hair at the nape of the neck. Starting at the base of the gathered hair, twist upward smoothing the top hair as you go. Tuck left over hair down under the twist when you get to the top. Pin by putting bobby pins into the outside of the twist and flipping the opposite direction while pinning into hair by the scalp. 

19. Beach Curls:

Taking smaller sections of hair, wrap around the curling iron barrel. I like to hold on the end of the strand the whole time and not readjust it so it twists a little bit as I wrap it around the barrel. This allows the ends to look more tapered and natural versus flat. After curling all your hair, flip your hair over (I like to bend over and do this) and either run your fingers through your hair or mess it up by scratching your scalp but not hurting your scalp. This just loosens up the curls making them more full and more natural looking.

20. Double Pony: This hair style is best with loosely curled hair with lots of volume. Divide your hair with a line level with the tops of your ears. Put that in a pony. To create more volume you could tease the hair on top. Gather the rest of the hair and put the bottom pony tail as close to the top one as you can. Make sure the top pony is covering the top of the bottom pony.